Issues and Debates in Psychology
This playlist covers a range of key issues and debates in Psychology, including the nature-nurture debate, individual versus situational factors in behaviour, and the role of cross-cultural psychological research.
What this playlist includes:
55 lectures across 10 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Courses and Lectures
1. Issues and Debates – A History of Psychological Practice
Dr Marc Williams
Cardiff University
Cardiff University
1.1. Normality in Mental Health – 12:20
1.2. The Biopsychosocial Model – 09:50
1.3. Psychological Formulation – 06:47
1.4. Rebalancing Power – 09:29
2. Issues and Debates – Psychology as a Science
Dr Helena Paterson
Glasgow University
Glasgow University
2.1. The Goals of Science – 06:51
2.2. Theories – 08:43
2.3. The Scientific Method – 08:44
2.4. Accepting Theories – 05:49
2.5. The Day Science Broke – 07:04
2.6. Limitations of the Scientific Method – 09:51
3. Issues and Debates – Debates in Psychology
Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
3.1. The Philosophy of Psychological Approaches – 07:13
3.2. Free Will Versus Determinism – 08:20
3.3. Understanding Free Will – 10:26
3.4. Holism Versus Reductionism – 12:31
3.5. Debates in this Field – 09:10
4. Issues and Debates – Approaches in Context
Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
4.1. Exploring Atypical Behaviour – 07:14
4.2. Idiographic Versus Nomothetic Approaches – 10:10
4.3. Individual Versus Social Factors – 08:57
4.4. Attribution Models – 10:51
4.5. Biases in Psychological Research – 11:41
4.6. Controversies and Debates – 09:39
5. Issues and Debates – Individual Versus Situational Factors
Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
5.1. Individual Versus Situational Factors – 09:38
5.2. The Person-Situation Debate – 06:26
5.3. Personality as a Determinant of Behaviour – 08:27
5.4. Social Situations as a Determinant of Behaviour – 09:56
5.5. Debates and Controversies – 08:04
6. The Nature-Nurture Debate
Dr Lydia Kearney
Kent University
Kent University
6.1. Defining Nature and Nurture – 06:56
6.2. Nature – 17:40
6.3. Nurture – 16:34
6.4. Gene-Environment Relationships – 16:28
6.5. Gene-Environment Interaction – 20:20
7. Issues and Debates – Cross Cultural Psychological Research
Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
7.1. Understanding Culture – 09:27
7.2. How Cultures Differ – 08:03
7.3. Addressing the Emic Perspective – 08:05
7.4. Clinical and Developmental Psychology – 08:29
7.5. Cognition, Perception and Social Psychology – 08:35
7.6. Debates in Cross Cultural Psychology – 11:44
8. Issues and Debates – The Replication Crisis
Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
8.1. Defining Psychology as a Science – 07:06
8.2. Reliability – 07:12
8.3. Validity – 08:46
8.4. The Challenges of Validity – 07:39
8.5. Issues of Replicability – 10:34
8.6. Addressing Issues of Replicability – 09:53
9. Issues and Debates – WEIRD Populations
Prof. Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University
Buckinghamshire New University
9.1. Understanding WEIRD Populations – 06:34
9.2. Altruistic Punishment – 05:44
9.3. Moral Reasoning – 06:57
9.4. Why Are There Differences? – 10:20
10. Issues and Debates – Historical Debates
Dr Metodi Siromahov
UCL
UCL
10.1. Free Will Versus Determinism: A Historical Review – 09:18
10.2. Free Will Versus Determinism: A Modern Review – 10:09
10.3. Social Constructivism – 04:32
10.4. Reductionism Versus Holism – 12:10
10.5. Holistic and Reductionist Theories of Religion – 07:04
10.6. Nomothetic and Idiographic Approaches – 07:33
10.7. Nomothetic and Idiographic Approaches: Continued – 08:43
10.8. Nomothetic and Idiographic Research: Examples – 11:50
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